Ever since Tuesday this past week, I've felt like utter crap in the pool!! I can't swim my usual 500 freestyle warmup without getting winded. I'm not quite sure what's up. I took Wednesday off as a recovery day. Did my dryland/running routine on Thursday, took Friday as a recovery day and was back in the pool today. I was crappy again. Granted, I was sharing a lane today and had to stop to monitor the weather status at the outdoor pool, given by the lifeguards every few minutes. We finally moved inside, and while it did get a little better, it still didn't feel good. I DON'T like it, when I don't feel good in the water. I hate workouts, where I feel like I'm struggling every stroke. What's wrong with me?
The only thing I can figure is I've ramped up my exercise routine the past 3 weeks. For the past 2 weeks, I've worked out/swam 6 days a week. Maybe, I just crashed this week. Here's hoping for a better week next week. Now I have to decide whether tomorrow is a workout day or not? Anyone have any experience with this kind of thing?
Hi Moody.
I've noticed when I try to swim more than 5X per week I have crappy swims. If I swim 4 or 5 times all goes very well. I am 55 yrs. old and usually swim 3-4K per workout.
You might try mixing up your warm-up a little bit. Try 200'sX 4 (swim, pull, kick, IM), or if you really want to do it all free try breaking it up (25/50/25/75/25/100/25/75/25/50/25). If I'm really super stressed out and tired I agree to let myself do an easy 800/1,000 with open turns. The little extra bite of O2 on the turns makes a ton of difference. On the workout part I do proper turns but sometimes giving yourself a little break can pay off in the parts that count.
Hi Moody.
I've noticed when I try to swim more than 5X per week I have crappy swims. If I swim 4 or 5 times all goes very well. I am 55 yrs. old and usually swim 3-4K per workout.
You might try mixing up your warm-up a little bit. Try 200'sX 4 (swim, pull, kick, IM), or if you really want to do it all free try breaking it up (25/50/25/75/25/100/25/75/25/50/25). If I'm really super stressed out and tired I agree to let myself do an easy 800/1,000 with open turns. The little extra bite of O2 on the turns makes a ton of difference. On the workout part I do proper turns but sometimes giving yourself a little break can pay off in the parts that count.
